Diana Hyland, 'Eight is Enough'

Diana Hyland, 'Eight is Enough'

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Diana Hyland was diagnosed with breast cancer after filming just four episodes of "Eight is Enough" in 1976. She was written out of the rest of the first season, though her episodes did air, and then in Season 2 her on-screen husband Tom (Dick Van Patten) became a widower with eight children when her character died. Tom eventually fell for Sandra Sue Abbott(Betty Buckley) and the two were married in a later season.

Diana Hyland was diagnosed with breast cancer after filming just four episodes of "Eight is Enough" in 1976. She was written out of the rest of the first season, though her episodes did air, and then in Season 2 her on-screen husband Tom (Dick Van Patten) became a widower with eight children when her character died. Tom eventually fell for Sandra Sue Abbott(Betty Buckley) and the two were married in a later season. (ABC)

Diana Hyland was diagnosed with breast cancer after filming just four episodes of "Eight is Enough" in 1976. She was written out of the rest of the first season, though her episodes did air, and then in Season 2 her on-screen husband Tom (Dick Van Patten) became a widower with eight children when her character died. Tom eventually fell for Sandra Sue Abbott(Betty Buckley) and the two were married in a later season.